Corset



(No Model.)

J. C. ANDREWS..

CORSET.

Patented Oct. 23

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IINTTED STATES "ATENT Ormes,

JAMES C. ANDREWS, OE `NEW- HAVEN, ASSIGNOR, BY DIRECT AND MESNE' ASSIGNMENTS, TO GEORGE D. NICHOLS, OF NEW CANAAN, CONNECTICUT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 528,065, dated October 23, 1894. Application iled October 23, 1893. Serial No. 488,875. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, J AMES C. ANDREWS, of New Haven, in the countyof New Haven and State of Connecticut,haveinvented a newImprovelnentin Corsets; and I do hereby declare the following, when taken in connection with y accompanying drawings andtheletters of reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionot' the same, and which said drawings constitute part of this specilication, and represent, in- Figure l,a view in side elvevation ot'a corset constructed in accordance with myinvention; Eig. 2, an enlarged sectional view thereof on I the line ocot Fig. l; Eig. 3, a broken View 1n side elevation showing one of the modified forms which my inventionmay assume.

My invention relates to au improvement in that class of corsets or waists which are designed for the attachment to them of stocking-supporters, the object being to produce a convenient and eiective article, without impairing its appearance or strength.

Vith these ends in View, my invention consists in a corset having certain details of construction as will be hereinafter described and pointed out in the claim.

In carrying out my invention, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, I attach the upper ends of two 3Q elastic connections A A to the waist-section B, of each member of half of the corset, only one member of which is shown. The free lower portions and ends of the said connections are located in vertical parallel pockets A A formed to receive them between the two thicknesses C and C of the side section `ot the said member. The said pockets are respectively located on opposite sides of the side bone strip D, which is stitched in the 4o ordinary manner through both thicknesses of the corset, and continued to the lower edge thereof, andthe lower ends of the pockets are left open by not stitching the lower edges of the said thicknesses together between the said bone strip and the adjacent bone strips D and D2.

ing-supporter is divided into two members E and E', separating at their upper ends for at` tachment to the lower ends of the elastic connections A A, and coming together at their lower ends at a point below the lower edge of The upper portion of the stock` the corset, at an angle, and merging into a strap E2, with which the supporter-straps F E are connected.

As shown in Fig. l of the drawings, the elastic connections A A are made of elastic webbng. `If desired, however, they may be replaced by elastic connections, each made of one or more wire springs.

As shown in Eig. 3 of the drawings, each 60 connection is composed ot' three small wire flattened coiled springs G, arranged parallel with each other, connected at their upper ends to a flat sheet-metal eye H, and at their lower ends to a corresponding eye I-I'. The eye H 65 adapts the connection to be attached by a short loop of webbing h to the waist section I, of the corset, while the eye H `adapts the A connection to be secured to one ot' the members .I 'J of the stockingsupporter. Each 7o spring contains a cord or tape g, fastened at l its ends to the edges to limit the extension of the spring. It is obvious that in case it is made of springs, the elastic connection may have other forms than shown in Fig. 3.

By means of my invention I secure a construction in which the elastic connections are protected, but at the same time, I do not modify the body of the corset so as to impair its strength or appearance.

I am aware thatit is not new to attacha duplex elastic connection to a corset for the attachment of a garment-supporter, and do not claim that construction broadly; nor do I broadly claim a duplex garment-supporter connection having its respective members connected with the corset at separated points.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure byLetters 9o Patent, is-

A corset having each half-section made with a side bone-strip, a horizontal waistsection, and twopockets located below the` said waist-section, one on each side of said 9 5 bone-strip, and the said pockets being open at their lower ends; and an elastic, duplex garment-supporter connection, the respective members whereof are extended upward into the respective pockets through the open lower :oo ends thereof, and attached at their upper ends to the waist-section of the corset-section on each side of the said bone-strip, suh- In testimony whereof I have signed this Stautally as set forth, and whereby the said specification in the presence of two subscrib- -members are prevented from Aoverlying the ing witnesses.

bone strip and increasing the thickness of JAMES C. ANDREWS. 5 the corset, and whereby also the bone-strip Vitnesses:

may be carried to the lower edge of the corset J. H. SHUMWAY,

without interference with the said members. FRED. C. EARLE. 

